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* Justice minister raps prosecutors * Apartheid era doctrine invoked to bring charges * Police, Zuma already under pressure for deaths By Jon Herskovitz JOHANNESBURG, Aug 31 (Reuters) - South Africa's justice minister on Friday rebuked prosecutors for charging 270 miners with the murder of 34 striking colleagues shot dead by police, saying the decision had … [Read more...] about S.Africa shocked by move to charge miners with massacre

* Says illegal strike at east section of KDC mine * Two day, night shifts lost so far * AMCU says not involved in strike * Shares down 4 pct By David Dolan and Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG, Aug 31 (Reuters) - South African bullion miner Gold Fields said about a quarter of its 46,000 workers had been on a wildcat strike since Wednesday evening in the latest … [Read more...] about UPDATE 2-S.Africa strikes widen, stoke contagion fears

JOHANNESBURG Aug 31 (Reuters) - Italtile Ltd : * Says offers to acquire a maximum of 20% of the total issued ordinary share capital of Ceramic * Says the purchase offer is R130.00, in cash, for each Ceramic share acquired © Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved … [Read more...] about BRIEF-Italtile says aims for strategic stake in Ceramic

JOHANNESBURG Aug 31 (Reuters) - African Rainbow Minerals Ltd : * Says appoints mr thando mkatshana as ce of coal unit © Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved … [Read more...] about BRIEF-S.Africa’s ARM appoints Mkatshana as coal unit CEO

* Rand firms on Jackson Hole Fed speech * Currency may test 8.37 ahead of U.S. holiday JOHANNESBURG Aug 31 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand firmed on Friday against the dollar after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke promised that the U.S. central bank would act as needed to boost the world's biggest economy and bring down unemployment. The rand strengthened … [Read more...] about S.Africa’s rand firmer, though in choppy trade